Duck, A lot of these debates are for smaller community groups around town and are not televised. We are planning to cover one tomorrow afternoon that we are recording and will post to our website, likely tomorrow night. In addition, KPBS is hosting a debate on October 1st at 8 PM that will air on TV and radio. I believe some of the other broadcast station will be televising debates as well.Katie Orr

benz72, the permit for tasting rooms falls under the "Small Beer Manufacturers" category. So places like Pizza Port or Karl Strauss (places that brew their own beer on site) would use the same permit. Here's the language:

SMALL BEER MANUFACTURER - (Brew Pub or Micro-brewery) Authorizes the same privileges and restrictions as a Type 01. A brewpub is typically a very small brewery with a restaurant. A micro-brewery is a small-scale brewery operation that typically is dedicated solely to the production of specialty beers, although some do have a restaurant or pub on their manufacturing plant.

As I understand it, there are often more restrictions placed on these kind of places to discourage them from turning into de facto bars.

Thank you for responding to my story, I appreciate your interest. As I mentioned in the piece, this was meant to look at how the basic nature of San Diego's retirement system would change if Prop B passes. As such, it did not address other issues associated with the measure. However, as you can see from the links we provide in the story, KPBS has covered this issue extensively and will continue to cover it until the June election.

normadamashek- The ballot language for Prop B states: "From its effective date until June 30, 2018: 1. Limit a City worker’s base compensation used to calculate the employee’s pension benefits to Fiscal Year 2011 levels. 2. Require that any new job classification be created only after specific findings are made that the new classification “is necessary to achieve efficiencies and/or salary savings” by consolidating job duties or creating a more efficient service delivery method. 3. Define the terms the City must use when it begins negotiations with the City’s labor unions for their contracts, unless the City Council overrides those terms with a two-thirds vote."

If there are any other statements in my story you judge to be misinformation please let me know.

HI everyone, thanks for the comments. Wes- I'm aware Maureen O'Connor is a Democrat. She was elected Mayor in 1985, which is about 30 years ago. Peking_Duck_SD - I did a story on the number of gay candidates potentially running for mayor last summer. Here's the link: http://www.kpbs.org/news/2011/jun/24/... My editors and I spoke about whether to emphasize the point in this series, but we came to the conclusion that it's simply a part of who these candidates are and not especially relevant to whether they're qualified to be mayor.